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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
An Excerpt from The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care
“The current health-care system generally is modular. Specialized companies operate hospitals, process paperwork, negotiate blanket service contracts, and manage outpatient and retail clinics. Most doctors’ offices are set up as... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
Michael D. Eisner
Eisner has also upgraded and expanded Disney’s theme parks and hotels, and has added hundreds of retail Disney Stores. In 1995, Eisner acquired the ABC Television Network and ESPN, the cable sports network. Eisner has also grown the... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
professionals, and parents alike forge their own paths to fulfillment. Publisher's Link: http://www.harpercollins.com/books/How-Will-You-Measure-Your-Life-Karen-Dillon?isbn=9780062102416&HCHP=TB_How+Will+You+Measure+Your+Life Retail... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Feb 2017
- News
Taking the Lead at Wesfarmers
- 21 Feb 2014
- Blog Post
Cautious Optimism: A Recap of the Harvard India Conference
over 100 speakers and 650 attendees. On the day of a snowstorm, we were heartened to see participation from all across the US and India. The discussions at the conference covered a wide range of topics, from individual sectors like retail... View Details
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Taylor Wiegele
worked at Clorox where he collaborated with designers on packaging development and retail displays. "I really loved how you could manipulate materials and turn them into beautiful things you would want to buy," Taylor says.... View Details
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Ricardo De Armas
Ricardo De Armas leapt into business at an early age, cofounding a computer-hardware retail operation in his second year of college. After graduation, he sold his stake in the business and worked full-time for Procter & Gamble in... View Details
Curtis L. Carlson
variety of retail and hospitality sectors. Carlson expanded his offerings by purchasing the Radisson Hotel in Minnesota and building it into a national chain. He also acquired TGI Fridays and hundreds of other hospitality businesses. When... View Details
Keywords: Services
- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
Andrei Stanescu SUMMING UP Was Walmart’s Leadership Sufficiently Proactive in Meeting Broader Corporate Responsibilities? Several times as many respondents to this month’s column gave CEO Doug McMillon high marks as opposed to low marks for leading Walmart to stop... View Details
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
Throughout history salespeople have come in all sizes and stripes—peddlers, drummers, canvassers, agents, sales reps, and of course the iconic door-to-door salesman. But it's only been relatively recently that historians have focused scholarly attention on salespeople... View Details
- 09 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Starbucks’ Lessons for Premium Brands
Starbucks' announcement that it will close 600 stores in the United States is a long-overdue admission that there are limits to growth. In February 2007, a leaked internal memo written by founder Howard Schultz showed that he recognized the problem that his own growth... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Modeling Expert Opinions on Food Healthiness: A Nutrition Metric
- 11 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Price Tag Confusion
The price tag is evolving. It wasn't long ago that potential buyers had only to contemplate a single figure on a price tag—Mattress $799. But increasingly consumers are being presented with "partitioned" prices. Look at your monthly cable bill, where you might see a... View Details
Charles R. Walgreen, Jr.
As a young purchasing department officer, Walgreen Jr. gained valuable management experience by overseeing a wide variety of the company’s buying operations and by creating several new lines of merchandise. During his tenure as Walgreens' president, he expanded the... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Charles D. Tandy
Though Tandy Corporation was a successful leather goods company, Charles Tandy’s biggest accomplishment was his revitalization of Radio Shack. Acquiring the company with $4.5 million in debt and almost $1 million in largely uncollectible receivables, Tandy assembled a... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Bernard Marcus
Marcus and Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank met while they were both working at a California-based home improvement chain. After a decade of disagreements about that chain's future, Marcus and Blank went out on their own, determined to start a new chain with a... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Charles Lazarus
Lazarus revolutionized the toy industry with his chain’s “cookie-cutter” uniformity, one-price discount policy, and deep inventory of 18,000 individual items. Toys “R” Us was one of the fastest growing and most profitable firms in the history of American retailing. View Details
Keywords: Retail
Bernard H. Kroger
Kroger is responsible for many innovations in grocery store operations. He was the first to place grocery ads in daily newspapers and was the first grocer to bring meat departments into the store. Starting with one store, he created a chain of 5,200 stores in 1,000... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Bernard F. Gimbel
During his tenure as head of the firm, Gimbel grew annual sales of Gimbel Brothers Department Stores from $15 million to $500 million. Gimbel personally negotiated the purchase of competitor Saks and Company. In addition to the Gimbel Brothers Department Stores in New... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 01 Nov 2018
- News
Earning Potential
Sion Tesone (OPM 43, 2013) is the founder & CEO of Amani Enterprises, LLC, which operates the for-profit social enterprise TISSINI. In this interview, he talks about TISSINI’s aims to empower Hispanic women through friend-to-friend retail... View Details